# Reader View

> Strips away clutter like buttons, background images, and changes the page's text size, contrast and layout for better readability

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/reader-viewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/reader-viewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `reader-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alexey Kuznetsov
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 2,344
- **Weekly downloads:** 65
- **Rating:** 4.15 / 5 (27 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2019-11-21
- **First published:** 2019-09-30
- **Size:** 1.44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/reader-viewer/)
- **Website:** [https://readerview.freebusinessapps.net/contact](https://readerview.freebusinessapps.net/contact)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/reader-viewer/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/reader-viewer/privacy/)

## Description

**Reader View** is a free Chrome extension that transforms cluttered webpages into clean, easy-to-read articles. Based on Mozilla's open-source Readability implementation, it removes ads, buttons, and background images, improving text size, contrast, and layout for optimal reading comfort.

Key features include fullscreen reading mode, text-to-speech (TTS) support, keyboard shortcuts, and navigation between pages. Users can save their cleaned-up Reader Views directly to their computer or Google Drive in HTML format, making it convenient to access and organize articles offline. Toggle effortlessly between normal and reader modes to suit your browsing preferences.

## Rankings

- #1,969 — Overall
- #316 — Appearance
- #14 — reader
- #42 — header
- #57 — lead
- #91 — drive

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `https://*.freebusinessapps.net/*`
- `notifications`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

The Reader View Firefox add-on is praised for its ease of use, superior functionality compared to Firefox's native reader view, and distraction-free reading experience. Users also value its customization capabilities, though these sometimes require manual tweaking. However, common issues include non-functional text-to-speech, occasional failures to work, privacy concerns about data sharing, and inconvenient customization processes. Overall, it remains a favored tool among users seeking improved reading options in Firefox.

### Pros

- Provides full text viewing for TV program guides (epg.iptvx.one)
- Easy to use and better than Firefox's native reader view
- Allows distraction-free reading
- Has customization options allowing changes to background colors and styles
- Available and consistent across browsers (Chrome and Firefox)

### Cons

- Text to speech feature does not work
- Some users experienced the add-on not working at all
- Concerns about data access and sharing with third-party sites such as freebusinessapps.net
- Customization requires manual modification, which is inconvenient
- Some language barriers and unclear user instructions

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/reader-viewer)